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Background This study evaluated the experience in the New York State workers' compensation (WC) system of 135 patients with work-related carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosed at an academic occupational medicine clinic between 1991-1994. Methods Worker's Compensation Board (WCB) records were reviewed to ascertain: (1) the proportion of WC claims that were not initially accepted (i.e., that were challenged) by the WC insurer, (2) the proportion of challenged claims ultimately decided in the claimant's favor, (3) the length of the period between case filing and claim adjudication, and (4) risk factors for claim challenge. Results Seventy-nine percent of the claims were not initially accepted by the WC insurer (challenged/no response). Of the 81 challenged/no response cases adjudicated (ruled on) at the time of the study, 96.3% were accepted as work-related. Mean time from claim initiation to adjudication was 429 days (range 58-1,617). Mean time from physician request for any treatment and WCB authorization was 226 days (range 0-1,296). Mean time from physician request for surgery authorization and WCB authorization was 318 days (range 7-595). Claims filed by non-whites, low-wage workers,

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Author

Robin Herbert; Katherine Janeway; Clyde Schechter

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0271-3586)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)